David Charles Budson

1948 - 2011

On June 27. 2011, David Charles Budson, 63, died peacefully at his home in Berkeley, Ca. with his partner, Daniel Johnson, at his bedside. David was born in Detroit, MI to Sylvia and Joseph Budson, now deceased. He attended Medical School at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and completed a Residency in Internal Medicine at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and a Fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

David moved to Benicia, CA in 1979 and joined the Permanente Medical Group in Vallejo, CA. At Vallejo, he was Chief of the Pulmonary Medicine Department and Director of Respiratory Care Services for many years until his retirement in 2009.

David loved music and began studying the cello at the age of nine. He was a well known and accomplished cellist, and his career in music included membership in the Detroit Symphony for two years, as a studio musician for Motown Records, and as a member of several chamber music ensembles, most recently Quintillion. He was a student of Stephen Harrison in Palo Alto.

David is survived by his partner of 36 years, Daniel Johnson; brother, Robert "Buddy" Budson; sister, Joan Cohen, both of Detroit, MI.

A memorial service is planned on Wednesday, October 12, at 10:30 a.m., at the Brazilian Room in Tilden Park in Berkeley. In lieu of flowers, a charitable donation towards a memorial bench in memory of David Budson may be made to the University of California Botanical Gardens; 200 Centennial Drive; Berkeley, CA 94720.